Lab Environment

The lab environment includes 2 Openshift clusters and 3 VMs.

Openshift clusters:

1. AIOps OCP Cluster - Not required for this lab.
2. Apps SNO Cluster - An instance of Single Node OpenShift where you will install the Robot Shop demo application that will be monitored using Instana. There is a pre-installed demo application called Quote of the Day that will be integrated with IBM MQ and ACE to demonstrate further the Instana Servers monitoring capabilities.

Virtual Machines:

1. Guacamole VM - A RHEL VM that will be used as the bastion host into the lab network. Guacamole has access to all lab VM's and clusters and will be your primary workstation for these labs.
2. Instana - An Ubuntu VM with an instance of Instana Server and Instana Agent running running on K3s.
3. MQACE - An Ubuntu VM that contains the pre-installed IBM ACE and MQ middleware.

Prerequisites

To complete this lab you will need:

• Instana License

  IBM Business Partners can get a 2 week trial Instana License from IBM PartnerWorld - Software Access Catalog as part of the IBM Partner Packages.

  IBMers can get access to an Instana License here

  • Download/Agent Key (Required when requesting the lab environment)
  • Sales Key (Required when requesting the lab environment)

Requesting a Lab Environment

Below is a live chart showing Tech Zone capacity in each available region. When requesting your environment it would be wise to select the region that has the most capacity available.

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Follow these instructions for step by step guidance on requesting a lab environment in IBM Tech Zone.

Request Tech Zone environment:

• Jam-in-a-Box: Instana - Apps & IBM Middleware